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Google's NotebookLM is a free AI-powered research assistant and note-taking tool. In some ways it's like other Generative AI tools. But the audio interview function is different. I tried it today with a report I'm very familiar with. It's pretty neat.

Are you asking your clients about their digital access, literacy, and comfort as part of your intake or assessment processes? You should be. Here are some questions you can and should add to your intake and assessment flow to help you understand your clients and make better technology decisions.

The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Looking Ahead to 2025: Predictions for Canada’s International Student Program, Changes to temporary foreign worker program will hurt workers and province, experts say, Unemployment in Canada: A Report From the Survey on Employment and Skills, Hopeful immigrants to Canada are learning French after other paths to permanent residency prove difficult, and more.

Last year I wrote a post You don't need to be an early AI adopter, but pay attention where I shared some reports and links, mainly focused on ethical and responsible use of AI. I wrote "Ignoring whether or not you care about being a frontrunner in AI adoption, I think a key point is that you don’t need to be. But you need to be paying attention. And maybe seeking out some early adopters to learn from and even partner with." It's still true.

This webinar, hosted by Peel Newcomer Strategy Group with support of Digital Transformation committee of the Executive Council of Peel-Halton Settlement Partnerships, is designed to share knowledge and discuss the potential impact of Artificial Intelligence. This is the first session in a 4-part webinar series exploring the transformative potential of AI in newcomer-serving sector, with a special focus on how AI can enhance our services and operations.

The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Federal Politics: Concern over immigration quadruples over last 48 months, International student enrolment dropping below federal cap, Universities Canada warns, Reverse Immigration From Canada: Why New Immigrants Are Moving Back?, Canada turning away more foreigners amid rise in anti-immigration sentiment, and more.

The use of AI notetakers and AI scribes in the context of community, human, and health services has come up as an area of excitement and concern. Many people are starting to use them and there are concerns about privacy, control over meeting notes and artefacts. Many have been using them without having any policies in place. There is a desire to have some useful and practical guidelines and policies in place. In this article I'm providing some useful articles and sources that I have found to provide an overview of the issues that service providers should be aware of.

This research explores the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to support and empower Newcomers during their settlement in Canada. It highlights the settlement sector as an underexplored area for AI applications that could directly benefit Newcomers.

The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Canada to restrict low-wage foreign workers, consider lower immigration targets, Thousands of international students in Canada face deportation, sparking protests nationwide, Sabine El-Chidiac: Stop blaming immigrants for Canada’s housing crisis, Differences in confidence in public institutions across generations of Canadians, an dmore.